Audubon Magazine July-August 2007

For beginners looking to jump-start their primate lists, take a trip to Madagascar, where lemurs, such as this black-and-white ruffed lemur, abound. Photograph by Russell Mittermeier
International Travel

Primate Watching Is the New Birding

Counting species has long been a feathery obsession, but now a world-renowned conservation biologist wants globetrotters to pursue other finds, from mouse lemurs to mountain gorillas, that are downright hairy. 

For beginners looking to jump-start their primate lists, take a trip to Madagascar, where lemurs, such as this black-and-white ruffed lemur, abound. Photograph by Russell Mittermeier

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